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1H2H3bH2H 5H2H1H1H
Also known as
Black Nag (1) (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region
England
Genre/Style
English
Meter/Rhythm
Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of
D
Accidental
2 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
6/4
History
Structure
AB, AABB
Editor/Compiler
John Playford
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Dancing Master 3rd edition
Tune and/or Page number
p. 116
Year of publication/Date of MS
1657
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score (1 )
X: 1
T:Galloping Nag,The. (p)1657.PLFD.116
M:6/4
L:1/4
Q:3/4=80
S:Playford, Dancing Master,3rd Ed.,1657
O:England
H:1657.
Z:Chris Partington.
F:http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/England/Playford/BlackNag_PLFD1657_116.abc
K:D
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|:d|ecA ecA| ecA ecA|afd afd|afd afd|
ecA ecA|ecA e2 f/g/|a>gf e>de| d3-d2:|
X:1
T:Galloping Nag, The
M:6/4
L:1/8
N:”Longways for six.”
B:John Walsh – Complete Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Fourth
B: (London, 1740, No. 30)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
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d2|e2c2A2 e2c2A2|e2c2A2 e2c2A2|a2f2d2 a2f2d2|a2f2d2 a2f2d2|
e2c2A2 e2c2A2|e2c2A2 e4fg|a3g f2 e3dc2|(d6d4)||